# Incident 20150713012359I: Cessna 310R, Riverside, CA, July 13, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2015, 12:05 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77MJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77MJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,100 total, 954 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150713012359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM CALEXICO (CXL) AIRPORT, UPON RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR, A LOUD GRINDING SOUND WAS HEARD BY THE PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS. ON APPROACH TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (RAL) THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR BUT THE RIGHT HAND (R/H)"GEAR DOWN" LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO MANUALLY ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT THE R/H "GEAR DOWN" LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  AFTER REQUESTING A LOW APPROACH; THE RIVERSIDE TOWER ADVISED THAT THE R/H LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING THE R/H LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  FROM THE TOUCH DOWN SPOT; THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED  500 FT (APPROX.) UNTIL IT CAME TO A FULL STOP 10 FT OFF OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N77MJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810117025429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810117025429I), Jan 17, 1981: Cessna 310R (N77MJ), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. After touchdown pilot lost control and ran off runway into ditch. Maintenance found nose steering cable screw bad.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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